Cohere · 2 months ago
Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency
New York
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffCohere is a company dedicated to scaling intelligence to serve humanity by training and deploying frontier models for AI systems. The Staff Research Engineer will focus on enhancing the efficiency of Large Language Models (LLMs) and will be responsible for developing and deploying techniques to improve model performance in production environments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Develop, prototype, and deploy techniques that materially improve how fast and efficiently our models run in production
Qualification
Required
Have a PhD in Machine Learning or a related field
Understand LLM architecture, and how to optimize LLM inference given resource constraints
Have significant experience with one or more techniques that enhance model efficiency
Strong software engineering skills
An appetite to work in a fast-paced high-ambiguity start-up environment
Publications at top-tier conferences and venues (ICLR, ACL, NeurIPS)
Passion to mentor others
Benefits
An open and inclusive culture and work environment
Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
Company
Cohere
Cohere is an enterprise AI firm developing secure and private AI technology to address real-world business challenges.
Founded in 2019
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.71BKey Investors
Government of CanadaTiger Global ManagementIndex Ventures
2025-09-24Series D· $100M
2025-08-14Series D· $500M
2025-06-17Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Aidan Gomez
cofounder + ceo
Ivan Zhang
Co-Founder
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